Mount Airy Golfers Triumph Over Galax in Virginia Match
Mount Airy golf team cruised to a 714 to 45 set victory over Galax at Galax links on Sunday. Ed Ashby and Jimmie Smith led Mount Airy with 74s, while other teammates posted 76 to 78s. Nelson shot a 71 for Galax, the day’s low. Galax won several individual matches, but Mount Airy claimed the overall win and will host a return match next month.
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Mount Airy
Galax
Virginia City
Ed Ashby
Jimmie Smith
Claude Bingman
James Johnson
Jimmie Miller
Frank McHone
Jimmie Hadley
Nelson
Vaughn
Bingman
Ashby
Miller
Barber
Chappell
Stanley
Hadley
James
Waugh
Evans
Kedry
R. Smith
McHone
Morris
Higgins
Folger
Haynes
Johnson
Fowler
Hanks
Nuckols
Lewis and
Lamm
Kyle
Wright
Hodge
Tillotson
Patterson
Harris
Pless
Elder and
Wall
Branson
Ward
Polatsky and Hanks
Lawson
Gordon
Mount Airry
Griffin
Stewart
Pollard
Lindsey
Howard
Pierce
Marshall Fowler
Cascreeneene
George Wright
Hank Haynes
Delmar Lewis
P. G. Wall
Norwood Hodge
Rex Tillotson
Knits Take Lead In Virginia Carolina League Showdown
Mount Airy Knitters beat Galax 6 to 3 to move one game up atop the Virginia Carolina Semi-pro League standings. Sam Moir had three hits in five at bats, Jim Griffin two hits and three RBIs, while Johnny Eggleston pitched nine innings and added two hits. Fries defeated Elkin as league play continued with next games set at Reddick Field and other matchups listed.
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Mount Airy Knitters
Virginia Carolina
Galax
Virginia City
Fries
Elkin
Sam Moir
Mount Airy
Jim Griffin
Johnny Eggleston
Knitters
Galax Leafs
Reddick Field
Carolina League
L Pet
Elkin - Yy - Fries
Galaxy
Ab Haven Cox
Jones
Griffin
Folger Moir
Eggleston
Bad Burge
Dorsett
Gilbert
Snow
Perry
Hardy O
King
Floo Warren
Dennehey
Reed
Eggleston If
Dennehey Warren
Pvt G C Thomas Serves With Tank Battalion In Japan
Pvt. G C Thomas 23 son of Mr and Mrs Grover P Thomas route 3 Mount Airy serves with the Tank Battalion in Camp Fuji Japan. The unit part of the 24th Infantry Division celebrates its 36th anniversary. Thomas arrived in the Far East last July after entering the Army in December 1952.
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Army
Grover CC. Thomas
Grover P. Thomas
Route 3
Mount Airy
Camp Fuji
Japan
24Th Infantry Division
Korea
Fujiyama
Thomas
Far East
Pvt James Smith Rifleman In Korea
Pvt. James R. Smith, son of Mrs. Cleo E. Hawks of Mount Airy route 4, is serving in Korea with the 3rd Infantry Division. The Rock of the Marne division has seen heavy action in the Iron Triangle and at Outpost Harry and is now training as part of the U S security force on the peninsula.
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James R. Smith
Cleo E. Hawks
Route 4
Mount Airy
Korea
Rock of the Marne
Iron Triangle
Outpost Harry
U. S
Peninsula
Westfield Man Now In Chicago
Cpl. Charlie Radford Taylor of Westfield is stationed with an anti air craft gun battalion at Ravenwood Camp Chicago HI. He entered service in April 1953 and was previously stationed at Camp Stewart Ga. His parents are Mr and Mrs Ray Taylor of Westfield.
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Charlie Radford Taylor
Westfield
Ravenwood Camp
Chicago
Cpl
Taylor
Camp Stewart
Ray Taylor
Grandson Of Siamese Twins Dies Friday
Napoleon Bunker 63 of Miller Street Winston-Salem died at 6 40 pm Friday after two years of declining health and three months of critical illness. He was born October 27 1890 in White Plains Surry County and was the grandson of Eng Bunker one of the famous Siamese twins. He served in the Army before World War I and worked in government construction in the Canal Zone retiring in 1944. He is survived by his wife Myrtle Creed and six children, two sisters, seven brothers and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at St. Leo s Church Winston-Salem with burial in Fisher River Baptist Church cemetery.
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Napoleon Bunker
Miller Street
Winston-Salem
Mr. Bunker
White Plains
Surry County
William
Judy Ross Lafoon Bunker
Eng Bunker
Lost Parker 51 Gold Band Pen on Main Street
Miss Grace Vaughn at the Red Cross Office offers a $5 reward for a lost Parker Brown Parker fountain pen with a gold band found on Main Street last Monday or Tuesday.
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Brown Parker
Main Street
Grace Vaughn
Red Cross
Ite
Pvt. Chilton Now In Germany
Private Herbert H. Chilton age 24 of Ararat recently joined the 4th Infantry Division in Germany. The Ivy division is receiving intensive field training as part of the U S Seventh Army. Chilton is a rifleman in Company I, 8th Regiment, and entered the Army last November after his assignment at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
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Herbert H. Chilton
Jasper Chilton
Ararat
4Th Infantry
Germany
U. S. Seventh Army
Chilton
Fort Jackson
S. C
Hunter Family Reunion Guests in Pleasant Run
Mr and Mrs Harold Hunter and children spend the weekend as guests of Mr and Mrs C Sargent Hunter in Pleasant Run Ohio. Joe Cockerham of Baltimore Md will arrive Saturday to visit his mother Mrs J L Cockerham and other relatives in this city.
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Harold Hunter
Mr. Hunter
C. Sargent Hunter
Pleasant Run
Ohio
Joe Cockerham
Baltimore
J. L. Cockerham
Mount Airy VFW Post 2019 Ranked Among State's Best
Claude E. Hooker Post 2019 in Mount Airy reports assets of 75,618 with no liabilities for 1953 54. Receipts total 4,000 and disbursements about 3,700 while one point system tallies 154,000 points for charity and community work.
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VFW
Claude E. Hooker
Mount Airy
Post
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